Miguel Milá Essential: A Design Guide for Life no-quick-add Journey through a mythical world

Journey through a mythical world of magic with 54 original illustrations that transform traditional playing card composition into an adventure story featuring fantastical beasts from another world

techniques and incredible creativity across time and space

and through its thousands of illustrations

is a minimal approach to graphic design conceived by Los Angeles based creative team

from numbered cards to face cards

Miguel Milá Essential: A Design Guide for Life no-quick-add Journey through a mythical worldEssential: A Design Guide for Life by acclaimed Spanish designer Miguel Mil (19312024) is a braided narrative weaving artist manifesto with family history with notes on living and living well. Originally published in Spanish as Lo esencial to much success in 2019 and translated into English by the award winning Valerie Miles, Essential is the very first volume in our new series of reading books, focusing on the ideas and reflections of renowned